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Lance Corporal JOHN MORTIMER

Service Number: 6012800
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY

1.H.23.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Evelyn Mortimer.
  • Personal Inscription CHRIST LOVED HIM AND THOUGHT IT BEST TO TAKE HIM HOME TO REST. SISTER ELLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 512
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